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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1903
Page
2
The Rev H T Robertson at Dudley Street Church cites St Pierre and Mont Pelee as signs of unprecedented sin and danger. He links Manchester and Boston crowds to the moral storm and urges daily meetings this week with evening prayers.
London March 29. Remains of Major General MacDonald, who died by his own hand in Paris, head to Scotland by train for dawn burial in Edinburgh. Hundreds of Scots in Highland dress gather at King’s Cross as wreaths adorn the coffin and pipers play. Protests mount over War Office involvement and delayed funeral plans.
Thomas P Shaw a city lineman resigns as salaries fall from 19 10 to 17 50 weekly. Hopewell, superintendent of wires, also lowers D J Campbell from 14 to 10 and Wilmot Key from 17 to 15 08 weekly. The three face four hours daily at home with twenty hours at the headquarters or on street inspecting signal boxes and wires. The men allege the cuts aim to force resignations and make room for others.
The Mt Bellingham Methodist Episcopal Church of Chelsea began its 50th anniversary with a 9 AM love feast led by Rev L B Bates D D of East Boston. Bishop W F Malla delivered an address and a young peoples rally followed at 3 PM with Gregory and Rev Frank McConnell. A historical sermon by Rev A H Nazarian closed the day. A mortgage note on the parsonage will be burned at a 6 PM reception later, honoring Nazarian for paying down the debt carried 39 years.
The Rev Herbert S Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church preached on What Is Sin condemning suicide as an escape from misery. He cited the Burdick case and General Sir Hector MacDonald noting soldiers condone offenses yet fearfully condemn self destruction.
Annie Bloomberg aged 38 of 16 Thorndike Street fell from a three story height while leaning on a broken shed railing. She sustained multiple injuries and was taken to City Hospital where doctors say she is not expected to live.
James Keegan of Inman Street Cambridge says a Station 10 patrolman struck him on Tremont Street after he refused to move while waiting for a Cambridge car. Keegan, a self employed laundryman, reports broken nose and scalp wounds, treated at Emergency Hospital. Spectators were present during the incident on Saturday night.
Worcester March 2 The volunteer choir of the Church of the Covenant refused to sing this morning after a newspaper quote attributed to Pastor Rev Lyman Mevie saying the church wanted good singing but could not afford to pay for it. He said no reference to the choir was intended.
Offer for Easter specials featuring spacial coats and Whitlcords priced at 20 dollars. Describes fabrics likened to silk with alpaca lining to emphasize high quality and durability. Requests samples and orders.
The Longshoremen held a four hour meeting, forming a committee of ten to confer with steamship agents and report by April 15. The strike would affect transatlantic lines and non coastwise cargo, while coastwise ships and coal shovellers on foreign steamers would be spared.
Union leaders disclose that many ships leaving foreign ports for Boston will carry additional crew to manage cargoes if longshoremen strike on this side of the Atlantic. The statement came to a Post reporter from a top union official at the waterfront.
Chelsea master painters face a wage dispute as journeymen press for 2.80 a day for eight hours starting May 4. They seek double pay for holidays and night work and refuse to work on Labor Day. The union, backed by Boston’s Union with 1100 members, looms large in the expected outcome.
The Painters' Union 11 at Faneuil Hall yesterday adopted resolutions protesting H. C. Sturgis chairman of the School House Commission for disregarding the law requiring advertisements for city work to state the prevailing wage. The meeting welcomed April first wage increases of 2.80 dollars a day for painters and 8.20 dollars for decorators. Speakers included Business Agent Grady of Spring.
There is always a fight in every human body between health and dis ease. Scott's Emulsion fights powerfully for health by providing abundant nourishment beyond ordinary diet. Get in the sunlight and request a free sample from Scott and Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
A large meeting of Boston horseshoers was held yesterday at the Wells Memorial building to advance organization work. Attendees included State branch President Crozier, Co. Ll. U. President Driscoll, and officers from Lynn, Fall River, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Brockton, and other cities with speakers Cornelius J. Shea and Jeremiah Cronin among those addressing the gathering.
Railroad Machinists Union 567 closed its charter with 371 members and elected delegates to the Central Labor Union. Boston chemical works workers organized yesterday with 120 charter members, led by T. J. Minihan of Teamsters Union 25 and Cornelius P. Shea of Teamsters Union 191.
Machinists and helpers at the New York New Haven Hartford shops were told at a meeting in Wels Memorial Hall that the company will grant an wage rise of five to two cents per day.
Somerville painters will organize into a local union at Pythian Hall Union Square this evening. A meeting of slack barrel coopers is called for Thursday night at 45 Stillman Street to form a union.
Thomas F Mooney Martin J Matti Moe John T Kervin Richard W Garray E P Hughes J F Donnelly and Joseph Smith have been nominated as candidates for election as delegates to the bartenders national convention to be held May 8 at Philadelphia.
Albert Young of Chicago president of the Team Drivers' National Union is invited to address the meeting which will boost the national convention planned for August first at Niagara Falls.
Delegates from 13 cities reorganized a statewide union of Journeymen Plumbers after a 10 year lapse meeting in Barrett Hall Worcester. Thomas F. Harney led the session with William M. Merrick of the United Association as principal speaker, urging new materials standards and backing a state board of examiners.
Delegates of the western branch of the German American Alliance of Pennsylvania condemn Admiral Dewey for disparaging remarks about the German navy. They argue his statements reflect social prejudice rather than patriotism and warn against letting national issues be shaped by racial biases.
Mississippis flooded district reports backwater from LaGrange crevasse rising slowly near the city. Most of the town submerged, business paralyzed, residents skiffing through streets as relief teams rescue refugees and guard against exaggerated fatality claims. Delta farms inundated as floodwaters move toward Vicksburg.
In Brookline last night a burglary occurred at 22 Kent aquere, Gould residence. Patrolman Guean found a front window pried open and a ransacked parlor at 7:10 and 8:30, with several rooms turned upside down and possible extensive plunder, though a full inventory was not available. Police offered no details.
In Lynn on March 29 Judge Berry will meet 10 stamp manufacturers for a final conference on a newly devised plan for reinstating striking cutters. The proposal, prepared with Cutters' Assembly leader I Boynton Armstrong of Knights of Labor, has been thoroughly discussed and Berry believes it will be acceptable to the workers.
Boilermakers District Lodge yesterday formed a committee to press Boston & Maine management for a definite July 1 wage increase. Weeks earlier the union asked for a three cent per hour raise, and Superintendent Henry Bartlett replied that all shop workers at Boston & Maine would receive a raise on July 1.
An old advertisement touts a laxative brom quinin e product promising to cure a cold in one day. It instructs readers to request the full product name and to look for the signature of BR. W. Grove on the box. The remedy is priced at 25 cents.
A testimonial ad touts ZEMA-CURA as a cure for pimples blackheads eruptions and rashes claiming Adelia Woodruff of New Albany Indiana was troubled for years and found relief after consulting several doctors.
Advertises ZEMA-CURA and U AH MA tablets as skin disease cures for eczema acne and related conditions with pricing at 50 cents and 1.00. Claims external and internal use plus gland excretion action to purify blood and hasten cures. Lists multiple druggists and addresses for sale.
Professional safe blowers drilled the store safe at Reod and Woodbury in Springheld and carried off $1200. The break occurred after an ice chute entrance was used and the front door keys were plugged with wood. A rear wagon was heard leaving as authorities search for clues.
The article lists vessels arriving at T wharf since Saturday close including the Marshall L Adams and other offshore trips, schooners Ada S Bab son and M B Stetson fitting at Long wharf, and several steamers like Parkgate and Lancastrian with details on oil, bananas, and ice reports, plus crews and captains named.
The report notes arrivals from Britain with Beamer Altenia under Captain Potter from Liverpool via Queenstown and the Lancastrian under Captain Wood to Frederick Leyland, delivering merchandise and 666 steerage passengers, as of March 18.
A Boston man recounts years of bronchitis and asthma relief after the Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston Street. He says after a week of treatment he improved steadily and in under three months was completely cured with no medicines or drugs involved.
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